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When you cannot tell if your child's digital socializing is real

My daughter face-times her friends while they are all playing the same game on their phones and I cannot tell if this is connection or isolation disguised as connection.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Digital natives create new forms of relationship that challenge traditional definitions of authentic connection.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Technology and children — the debate?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.